Ushers, stage hands, dressers and those who work on the stage door of the nation’s empty theatres are struggling to survive during lockdown, with some even contemplating suicide according to the industry charity, The Theatrical Guild. Now Sir Ian McKellen, the renowned stage and screen star, has helped to launch an emergency fund to support them .

英國(guó)劇院空無(wú)一人，居家隔離使引座員、舞臺(tái)管理員、服裝師，以及后臺(tái)工作人員生活艱難，該行業(yè)的慈善機(jī)構(gòu)The Theatrical Guild說(shuō)其中有些人甚至企圖自殺。現(xiàn)在著名舞臺(tái)和熒幕明星伊恩·麥克萊恩爵士推出了一個(gè)應(yīng)急基金來(lái)幫他們過(guò)活。

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The actor, famous for playing Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s Tolkien films, has kicked off the fundraising drive with a donation of ￡40,000 of the money raised from his recent 80th birthday tour of British theatres.

這名演員最著名的作品是在彼得·杰克遜拍攝的托爾金的作品中飾演甘道夫。他捐出了最近80歲生日時(shí)在英國(guó)劇院巡回演出籌得的40,000英鎊，并發(fā)起籌款活動(dòng)。

“Many people who work in the theatre industry have seen their livelihoods disappear due to the coronavirus lockdown,” said McKellen. “I, for example, have received a distressing letter from a stage manager who is facing eviction from his home and can’t access government relief.”

麥克萊恩說(shuō)：“很多在劇院工作的人受疫情隔離影響沒(méi)了生計(jì)。比如說(shuō)，有一個(gè)舞臺(tái)經(jīng)理給我寫(xiě)了一封令人痛心的信，家人要把他趕出來(lái)，他又得不到政府救濟(jì)?！?/div>

The actor, who has recently announced a plan to play Hamlet again, 50 years after the last time, and who is now attending virtual rehearsals for the role, added that the emergency fund scheme is “a wonderful opportunity”.

這位演員最近宣布要再次出演哈姆雷特，距離上一次演出已經(jīng)過(guò)去了50年，他正在參加這個(gè)角色的虛擬彩排，他說(shuō)這個(gè)應(yīng)急基金計(jì)劃是一個(gè)“良機(jī)”。

The guild was set up 125 years ago to support those who, with their varied sets of skills, are the unsung heroes of staged performances. Most are low-paid, self-employed or on zero hours contracts and as a result many have fallen through the safety nets put up by the government to protect those who lost work during the pandemic.

這個(gè)協(xié)會(huì)成立于125年前，就是為了支持那些有各項(xiàng)技能的舞臺(tái)表演背后的無(wú)名英雄。其中大多數(shù)人要么拿著低工資，要么是自由職業(yè)者，要么簽的是零工時(shí)合同，所以很多人都得不到疫情期間政府為保護(hù)失業(yè)者而提供的社會(huì)保障。

翻譯：菲菲